British lawmakers on Tuesday began a bid to stop Boris Johnson pursuing what the...
LONDON - British lawmakers on Tuesday began a bid to stop Boris Johnson pursuing what they cast as a calamitous ‘no-deal’ Brexit, a challenge that a senior government source said would prompt the prime minister to press for a snap election on Oct. 14.
Johnson implicitly warned lawmakers on Monday that he would seek an election if they tied his hands in talks to negotiate a last-minute divorce deal, ruling out ever countenancing a further delay to Brexit, originally due to take place last March but now scheduled for Oct. 31. On parliament’s first day back from its summer break, an alliance of opposition lawmakers and rebels in Johnson’s Conservative Party put forward a motion to launch their bid to block a no-deal exit, and appeared confident of victory.
“It means running up the white flag,” Johnson said. “It is a bill that, if passed, would force me to go to Brussels and beg an extension. It would force me to accept the terms offered. It would destroy any chance of negotiation for a new deal.
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